Youth age 10 and older and adults can register online now for the introductory wingshooting clinic scheduled for May 3-4 at Shabbona Lake State Recreation Area in DeKalb County.
Have an opinion about the Illinois waterfowl seasons or the hunting zones? Maybe there’s something on your mind only a biologist could answer.
DNR wants you to show up and share opinions and questions.
Waterfowl seasons, zones among topics at Illinois DNR’s ‘open house’ events Read More »
Illinois DNR has announced that CWD was detected in Putnam, Marshall, Adams, and Peoria counties, expanding the number of counties the disease has infected deer.
Adams County is the first documented case recorded outside of the leading edge of the CWD endemic region. CWD has now been detected in 25 counties across northern Illinois and now as far south as Adams County in west-central Illinois.
CWD found in four additional Illinois counties Read More »
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 18, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Measures to significantly change the way deer are hunted in Illinois aren’t getting much traction at the Capitol this session, as pieces of legislation aimed to expand firearms season, open hunting to a wider variety of rifles and direct DNR to distribute more nuisance permits wane.
The most likely change is the addition of more Restricted Archery Zones like the one that was implemented in Champaign, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, and Piatt counties back in 2018.
Ralph Loos: DNR deer managers still mulling more Restricted Archery Zones in Illinois Read More »
Hunting-related legislation shifted into overdrive this past winter in Illinois, but little has moved so far in the spring.
There is still time for action on some of the bills to move forward before the session ends in late May. Following is synopsis of some of the more interesting measures.
Illinois bill would alter landowner permit structure, sharpshooting program Read More »
While Zach Swanson is only 10 years old and still has plenty of hunting opportunities in his future, his first experience will be one that he will never forget.
Swanson participated April 5 in the Waupaca learn-to-hunt turkey program, which offers new and inexperienced hunters an opportunity to participate in a turkey hunt with a mentor. The free program has been held the weekend before Wisconsin’s state youth turkey hunt for more than 20 years.
Wisconsin 10-year-old finds success during his first spring turkey hunt Read More »
White bass migrations occur throughout Ohio. The average migration varies with location (river or lake tributary) and latitude. It starts as a trickle. Catchable numbers arrive as April turns into May. I try to arrive during a peak, which is difficult to predict from a long distance away.
Temperature and rainfall have a strong influence on the strength of the migration.
White bass fill the void after Ohio’s spring walleye run Read More »
Wisconsin’s 2025 turkey hunting season starts on April 16. Here
WI Daily Update: Hunters ready for another spring turkey season Read More »
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